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Chalcedony from
Summit, Union County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Summit, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1080941
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1080941:9
GUID (UUID V4):d9381d01-4be8-4ada-b9e2-0cb797c220c4
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
3.1km (1.9 miles) Houdaille Quarry (Summit Quarry; Commonwealth Quarry), Springfield, Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, USA
9.4km (5.8 miles) Fanwood Quarry (Weldon Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) Spottiswoode-Cusack Quarry (George Spottiswood Co. Quarry), West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) Orange Quarry Company Quarry (Eagle Rock Quarry), West Orange, West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) Wilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) Stirling Brook ("Carnelian Creek"), Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
16.8km (10.5 miles) Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) McDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
17.8km (11.0 miles) Lyons Station, Lyons, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this...material can be found at that locality; and that new while of dubious merit have been dropped. Appearance...Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, or Tom Robert's Rock the caption. All photographs...in color. Turquoise from Los Cerillos mines, New Mexico. Note turquoise vein cutting diagonally...ice sheet from a source near the east of James' summit bay and south of Hudson bay in Labrador. Only
Book (volume)
as: concretions, Barite and Celestite crystals, chalcedony rosettes, agates, jasper, fossil plants and vertebrate...known for its agates, chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel...especially to the W of townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd....Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara...wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford and Harrisonchalcedony (some blue)
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE...deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...botryoidal chalcedony, occasionally with pale Amethysts, or Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE...deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...that is mostly a mixture of chert, translucent chalcedony, jasp-agate and common opal, rivaling in beauty...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
33609 TREASURER Carl K r o t k i 250 W. 5 7 t h St. New York, N. Y. 10019 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT C l i f f o...o r d C. Anthes 930 Madison A v e n u e Union, New Jersey GENERAL SHOW C H A I R M A N M a l v i n J...Silver Spring, M d . 20901 found is chromite, chalcedony, kammererite, magnesite, opal (common), deweyite...associated minerals. New Jersey Societies have scheduled trips to Sayreville, New Jersey for pyrite and marcasite;...the Summit Quarry of the Houdaille Construction Materials Company, Inc., an active quarry, Summit. New
Book (volume)
the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 first printing December...............................................288 New Hampshire ..................................................................................307 New Jersey ...........................................................................................315 New Mexico ........................................................................................329 New York............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluorite with two zones of interlaminated fluorite-chalcedony. Figure 3 (right): Distorted octahedron of green...largest fluorite crystal seen. Figure 2 (left): Chalcedony-coated octahedra of purple fluorite, 1 inch on...NEAR KINGSTON, NEW JERSEY W A R R E N CUMMINGS 1191 P a r k s i d e A v e n u e Ewing, New J e r s e y 08618...near Kingston, New Jersey. Byard brought it to the attention of geologists at the New Jersey Department...Transportation who, in turn, contacted Rutgers University (New Brunswick). Through the efforts of A l Bliss, of
Book (volume)
beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts,
Report (volume)
Del Norte County; Trinity River, Trinity County; Spanish Creek and Gopher Hill, Plumas County; Placerville...Dorado County; Cherokee Flats, Yankee Hill,and Oroville, Butte County; French Corral, Nevada County; Indian...Indian Gulch and Volcano, Amador County; and Alpine Creek, Tulare County. Other western localities are:...Diamond Basin, Ada County, Idaho; Curry County, Oreg.; and Nelson Hill, near Glacier County, Mont. The Great...Pierce County; Oregon, Dane County; Kohlsville, Washington County; Saukville, Ozaukee County; Eagle,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
one member. Cedar Bluff is in central Cherokee County in N / E Alabama. ARKANSAS—From a gravel pit located...of sawing are present. Wynne, in southern Cross County, is in eastern Arkansas. Rome, Georgia Mineral...Ferry Building, San Francisco, Calif., 9411, four new minerals are reported and described as being found...sanbornite deposits of eastern Fresno County in central California. The four new minerals are: Fresnoite (barium...occurs as tiny yellow grains—name is for Fresno County. Verplanckite (barium manganese silicate with chlorine)
Book (edition)
.................. : ........................ . New York ........................................................................................... . New Son th \Vales .................................................................................. . New form of diamond cutt.ing ......................................................................... New Soulh \Vales...................................................................................... New Jel'!!ey........................................
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (volume)
species. And for those interested in discovering new deposits, the geology and mineralogy of sources is...Iwo Volumes Volume | JOHN SINKANKAS [aN] VAN New NOSTRAND York Cincinnati REINHOLD Toronto COMPANY...Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 Van Nostrand Reinhold Limited 1410...eg Ow a Ne Sarah PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION The quantity of new information accumulated since publication...such new information in a second volume. [hus the present book becomes V olume I. while the new information
Report (volume)
.. New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.................. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;... S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair edition,
Book (edition)
describes sites under of the nearest town and county. and the many maps included book contain such...collector of gem minerals RUSSELL P. Thomas NEW YORK MACFALL Y. Crowell Company / ESTABLISHED...Shop and Herbert Grand Girard, both of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ken Kyte of Covington, Louisiana, Merton...Indiana, George E. Lambert of Wappingers Falls. New York, and D. L. Hathaway of Cosmopolis, Washington...nodule may contain a center of surrounded by chalcedony easily discernible quartz crystals that crystalline
Book
Rock Collecting HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS ....... New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London 1817 Portions...Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10022. Published simultaneously in Canada...Reading the Geologic Map; Geologic Maps as Guides to New Fields; Other Maps Useful to Gem and Mineral Hunters...Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota...the Old Stone Age) and Homo sapiens (men of the New Stone Age, our direct ancestors, the Cro-Magnon)
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Book (volume)
the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 December, 1996 ii...............................................247 New Hampshire ..................................................................................264 New Jersey ...........................................................................................270 New Mexico ........................................................................................280 New York............................................
Book (volume)
the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 December, 1996 ii...............................................247 New Hampshire ..................................................................................264 New Jersey ...........................................................................................270 New Mexico ........................................................................................280 New York............................................
Journal (issue)
WASHINGTON November 3, 2007 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver...others. There will be samples of fluoro-edenite from Summit Rock available. We will have our usual brief business...of Eugene, Oregon near the town of Trent in Lane County, Oregon, just southeast of Springfield/Eugene (Staples...Creek road, crossing Highway 58 to the Southern/Union Pacific tracks where you park and walk ¼ mile east...needles in chalcedony, Trent, Lane County, Oregon Fig. 5 Yellow orpiment needles in chalcedony, Trent,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ON ^ - - ^ ^s%r^ Mineral Occurrences ' ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE DESIRED £ . . . PLEASE SEND THEM I N ....StormJade Mt. Mines (Lost Mayan Jade Mines), Chiriaco Summit, Indio (Riverside Co.), Calif., we have two beautifully...Storm's address is- Storm-Jade Mt. Mines, Chiriaco Summit, Indio, Calif. COLORADO — "My wife and I just returned...Colorado and New Mexico. W e did real good on both pursuits. Enclosed is a specimen which is rather new to me...They are from a cut at Hogback Dam in Hartland County, near Riverton, Conn. "In masses of xline limestone
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Edition Russell P. MacFall Thomas Y. Crowell New York / Company Established 1834 Copyright ©...West, the broad plains and the verdant hills of New England hold inestimable treasures of living things...in the vicinity of Paris? Have you heard, Mr. New Jersey, of your famous pearls?" citing other notable...the developer's bulldozer obliterates other sites, new ones are discovered. Books and thetic and scientific
Book
Co. Hematite CALERA, Shelby Co. Wavkllite CLAY COUNTY, Sec. 24. T. 19 S R., 7 E. STATUARY, Coosa Co...Co., (W. border of* Marble Crystalline TALLADEGA COUNTY Marble, (crystalline) VALLEY HEAD, DeKalb Co. Hematite...Feldspar HISSOP, Coosa Co., (near) Beryl JACKSON COUNTY Hematite KENNEDYS, Clay Co., (near) Magnetite MILLERVILLE...Azurite CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, Greenlee Co Chalcedony DEER CREEK, Gila Co., near Jasper GEALE MOUNTAINS...milepost No. 87, on Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R.R. Chalcedony PATAGONIA, Santa Cruz Co., (5 mi S. of, Alunite
 
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